과소지역의 지속가능성 탐색

Abstract

The disparity between urban and rural areas, which could be considered another form of discrimination, has emerged as a serious problem. The depopulation of rural villages is as serious as the urban problem, because depopulated areas are degraded and are inferior in terms of population, industry, and finance. These areas are not sustainable. The solution is regional revitalization. Following a change in viewpoint, Japan started a program of regional revitalization in 2015. This involves the distribution of limited resources from central to local authorities. These processes have attracted praise for revitalization based on the Maniwa model, which has destroyed people’s stereotypical views. Humans (human capital + relation capital) and content (regional capital + business capital) are the key to success for regional revitalization and management capital and finance capital and hold a major promise of balanced national development. This article has attempted to describe Korea’s implementation of the Maniwa model. This constitutes local empowerment as a consequence of decentralized power, an education system managed by regional human resources, and an impassioned discovery of regional resources.